CH 54

After that unexpected mishap on the cruise ship, compared to the Male Lead, Fu Yichen as the Second Male had a lot of free time to spare. 

That day when they got off the cruise ship, Fu Yichen went back to the mansion of the Second Male to enjoy the treatment of ‘the world’s number 1 rich second generation ancestor’. Although this blank period of time was not within the Female Lead’s knowledge, it was still a good opportunity for him to act freely. He was familiar with what was happening in the plot, so he knew what would happen next. Additionally, he was well aware that Su Zhan was the soul inside the Male Lead and that he couldn’t intervene rashly. So it was best for him to just stay at home leisurely and wait for the plot to develop. 

Unsurprisingly, what happened next was the same as what happened in the original text. Just as what Fu Yichen had predicted. Su Zhan began to act according to the plot. The morning after that night, he vigorously proposed marriage to the Zhu family. The kind of unexpected, unreasonable and compulsory marriage. In the author’s original words, ‘with a cold and condescending tone which was unquestionable like an emperor’s edict…’

To be precise, it was not a marriage proposal but a notice from the ‘Emperor of Business’. The notice stated that, ‘the engagement ceremony will be held in ten days.’

Logically, the Female Lead should have been happy to be able to marry ‘the man all women in the world wanted to marry’, become ‘the happiest woman in the world’ and receive everyone’s envious eyes. But as a Mary Sue Female Lead, it was impossible for her to go along with the routine. All Mary Sues will be ‘different’ from the other girls. 

So when Zhu Qianqian heard the news, she felt as if it was ‘a bolt from the blue1’ which was then followed by anger and inexplicable resistance.  

Her weak and incompetent father, her green tea sister who was a white lotus on the surface with a black core, and her soft-hearted mother, ‘she was sold overnight by the people she loved the most’. They sold her away while her grandfather, who loved her the most and was the real ruler of the Zhu family, was away. This was one of the reasons why she was angry and it was also the cause of her pain. 

Of course, let’s not mention the fact that the Female Lead overestimated her own value. The fact that her father married her off behind her grandfather’s back was so full of bugs. What’s more, the Female Lead even thought that it was the business emperor who had given her father something in exchange, so she was even more furious. 

Another reason for her anger was that the Female Lead couldn’t forget about the man who r*ped her on the cruise ship. Fu Yichen was speechless for a long time before he rolled his eyes to accept the author’s settings of the Mary Sue Female Lead. In the author’s settings, the Female Lead, the well-behaved little white rabbit, didn’t know ‘the man who was on top of the pyramid’, nor had she seen the face that was worth tens of billions. 

…

In short, no matter how many bugs there were, the following plot was nothing more than the Female Lead’s various struggles against her fate. Such as hunger strikes, jumping out of the window to escape, hiding in the homes of her civilian female friends… Such trifles all ended in failure and at the end of the struggle, she even ran into the Male Lead Gu Chenfeng once more, experiencing ‘heart palpitations’ and so on. 

But no matter how much useless work the Female Lead did, after more than forty chapters, finally, the ten days passed and ‘the engagement ceremony that shocked the world’ was still held as scheduled. 

According to the author’s original words, ‘the whole world was shaken’, ‘every famous person attended, including those from the business, politics and entertainment circle…’ In short, this engagement ceremony attracted worldwide attention. 

But even so, the ‘different’ Mary Sue Female Lead was still unmoved. She even wanted to throw the dream of women all over the world into the trash. After all, she was the Female Lead that was ‘different’ from the other girls.

So just a few minutes before the ceremony, the Female Lead saw an opportunity and ran away wearing a ‘luxurious wedding dress that was worth hundreds of millions’ that was given by the Male Lead.  

Of course, she didn’t manage to run out and was instead stopped halfway by the Second Male who was full of evil spirits and who wanted to molest her brazenly. 

As a matter of course, the Male Lead somehow fell from the sky to prevent what was going to happen. Then the Female Lead was dragged into the Male Lead’s arms as he picked the bewildered Female Lead and princess-carried her all the way to the venue under the eyes of everyone there. Then the engagement ceremony was completed while the Female Lead was in a daze. 

This was the original engagement plot. Fu Yichen held his wine glass and blended in with the crowd. However, his eyes searched the crowd like an eagle. Ever since that refined and straight figure appeared in the room, Fu Yichen’s eyesight hadn’t left that body. 

Fu Yichen saw him walking slowly through the crowd with an expressionless face. The other party was unhurried and appeared emotionless, but the aura he exuded was enough to stun the audience. Undoubtedly, he became the focus of the audience no matter where he was. Su Zhan was undoubtedly the most dazzling person in the room today. 

Fu Yichen leaned on the wall lazily in the corner. His eyes imperceptibly locked onto that dazzling figure. Although this line of sight should have belonged to the Female Lead. 

In a short moment, their eyes met unexpectedly and the corner of Fu Yichen’s mouth showed a wicked smile that was typical of a dandy. He even raised his glass to Su Zhan in an unclear manner. Unsurprisingly, Su Zhan looked away as if he hadn’t seen it. As if his gaze just now was just a ruler’s glance at their subjects rather than staring at a single person among thousands of people. 

Fu Yichen didn’t care either. After all, he saw the undetectable twitch in Su Zhan’s eyes the moment their gaze met and that was enough for him. 

Fu Yichen stared at the wine glass in his hand and flashed a smile for no reason. He then continued to play the role of a playboy, carelessly talking to the waves of people from all walks of life who came up to him and struck up a conversation. He was, however, secretly thinking about what to do next. What was going to happen next and should he do something to change it? 

It was not until Su Zhan’s figure suddenly disappeared into the crowd that Fu Yichen looked up. He saw the best friend of the Female Lead in the corner talking to him anxiously. He then saw Su Zhan leaving with a dark face. Fu Yichen’s heart moved. It can be seen that the Female Lead’s final move before the engagement ceremony had already begun.

Lowering his eyes slightly, Fu Yichen then quietly disappeared into the crowd. At the same time, he quickly asked the system in his mind, ‘Laji, locate where the Mary Sue is.’. 

He had to admit that the system came in handy at such times. But as always, the system, which had just been released, was unable to control its emotions. 

[Ah ah ah, long live the host. The host finally let me see the light of day again. Host…]

Fu Yichen felt that it was funny. Not only did the system not complain, but it started to praise him after he locked it up for so long. This made Fu Yichen wonder if he might have gone too far. 

With Laji’s help, Fu Yichen quickly found the location of the Female Lead which was the bathroom. A remote bathroom with a few people. He really didn’t understand a Mary Sue’s physique. How could the Male Lead and Second Male find such a remote bathroom in such a huge and complex building. 

“It’s you?” The Female Lead, whose dress almost filled the entire bathroom, immediately recognized the Second Male who was one of her many admirers that had been rejected by her. 

Fu Yichen glanced speechlessly at the veil that was dragging on the floor, then at the panic-stricken Female Lead. He really didn’t understand how such a big target was able to move to such a place under the watchful eyes of everyone else. Of course, he was used to such absurdities of the Mary Sue world. The corner of Fu Yichen’s mouth twitched and with inexplicable viciousness he said, “Qianqian, we meet again.”

The white rabbit Female Lead shrank back, “Li Hao, what are you doing here?!”

Fu Yichen shrugged, “I came to attend the engagement ceremony between you and Gu Chenfeng.” Before he finished speaking, he had already started approaching her, tilting his head with a playful smile, “But now it seems to me that you don’t want to be engaged with him, do you?” 

“That’s none of your business!” The Female Lead crossed her arms in front of her with eyes full of vigilance. 

The corners of Fu Yichen’s mouth twitched again, “Indeed it’s none of my business. But I can help you.” 

“You’re lying!” The Female Lead looked suspicious. 

Fu Yichen held back the twitching corners of his mouth yet again. There was always a feeling of being possessed by a big bad wolf that was trying to face… a child? 

“I’m not lying to you. You don’t like him and I don’t want you to marry him.” 

“Why?” The Female Lead looked innocent yet suspicious. 

Fu Yichen: …

Wasn’t it said that Li Hao had fallen in love with the Female Lead and was rejected by her? Wasn’t it obvious enough?

Fu Yichen simply leaned over towards her nose-to-nose with only a distance two or three centimeters between them. He then said each word while looking into her eyes, “Because… I don’t allow you to marry him.” After he said these words, he stretched out his hand to straighten the half of his body that was tilted towards the Female Lead. 

However, the Female Lead was so frightened that she froze and leaned back even more. Because of her floor-length dress, she couldn’t stand firmly and something unexpected happened. The Female Lead suddenly fell backwards. What made Fu Yichen’s veins throb was that the Female Lead had grabbed his arm reflexively the moment she fell back. 

Fu Yichen’s face darkened. Originally, with his strength, he shouldn’t have been dragged down by her even though he was leaning his body forward at that time. At this juncture a favorability prompt suddenly popped up in his mind. 

[The favorability of the Male Lead towards the Second Male -3.]

Immediately, Fu Yichen’s scalp turned numb in shock. His whole body was then dragged down by the Female Lead. As if he was weightless, he rushed straight towards the Female Lead.

At the moment, the embarrassment that he was feeling was second to none. The first thing that popped into Fu Yichen’s mind was Su Zhan’s cold face. In a flash, Fu Yichen realized the crucial problem that he was facing and for no reason, he suddenly shuddered. At the same time his hands reacted quickly to support himself so he does not press his whole body on the Female Lead. 

But then Fu Yichen felt a sudden force coming from his arm. Before he could react, his fallen body was pulled up by strength. He even felt a strange feeling of anger coming from that force. The kind that was pent-up. 

Standing up straight, Fu Yichen turned his head and saw that Su Zhan had appeared behind them at some point. The latter’s face was dark and his eyes were like two sharp swords that stabbed at him coldly. 

There was definitely anger in that person’s expression, but there were also some other complicated emotions mixed within. As Fu Yichen heard the favorability points decrease a few times in his mind, he was unsure where Su Zhan’s anger came from. Who was the one he was angry with? 

At this time, thanks to the floor-length dress, the Female Lead fell down onto the toilet floor in complete embarrassment. 

The corners of Fu Yichen’s mouth twitched awkwardly. Hee saw Su Zhan, who was still cold like an air-conditioner, wearing a suit and leather shoes, staring at the scene with no trace of emotion in his delicate and handsome features. But his eyes were staring at him coldly instead of looking at the Female Lead who was on the floor. 

“Many thanks.” Fu Yichen blurted out. 

The scene was very embarrassing for a while. This was definitely not within Fu Yichen’s plans. He didn’t really mean to stop the engagement ceremony. After all, it was a key plot. Fu Yichen was not sure what would happen if the plot was forcibly changed by him. His initial plan was to trick the Female Lead with the excuse of taking her away and bring her back to get engaged. He simply didn’t want Su Zhan to carry the Female Lead in his arms. 

a bolt of lightning from the blue sky/unexpected